Easel for a poster



Jan. 13, 1931. o. HOLT EASELFORA POS-TER Filed July 29 1929 IN V EN TOR. HEY/7191' a 190/7 d ira) ATTORNEYS. v

Patented Jan. 1 3,, 1931 UNITED STATES WALTER o. HOLT, or PROVIDENCE, Rnonn isnniwn, nssienoagro LIvEaMonE 4181i) KNIGHT COMPANY, or rnovrnnncnnnonn ISLAND, A conronnrron or nnonn ISLAND EASEL roninrqsmnn Application filed July 29, 192,9. Serial. No. 381,930.

The present invention relates to flexible posters and particularly to the stands or easels for supporting the same in proper position. 7

. One object of'the invention is toproduce a poster stand of very simple, inexpensive construction, light in weight, easily setup and taken down, and which may be'taken apart and compactly packed for shipment with the poster. 7

Another object is to insure suflicient tension on the poster to maintain the same'in a plane, without the use of springs. or the the easel being assembled; Y Fig. 4 is a view, partly in section, of the two portions of the easel support-,and' Fig. 5 is a view of the easel base piece.

Posters and display advertisements have I heretofore been mounted on a solidbacking,

such as cardboard or the like, or'have been mounted on a flexible backing supported by a folding stand or easel. The folding I stands or easels have heretofore been cumbersome, difficult to set up properly, and relativelycostly, thus increasing the expense of'furnishing them to retail stores andoth'er display places, and increasing thegpossibility of impropersetting up and breakage. I

' have devised a simple, inexpensive "easel for a flexible poster consisting of a vertical support rod, which may be sectional, and a substantially horizontal base rod of springy material, a plurality of openings in the support rod being adapted to receive the end of the base rod to obtain the proper spreading of the poster; and the following is a detailed Thesupportrod 13'is1preferablyfofwood, and is formed of two sections 130), 13b, hav-" follows: V a The two sections 130,13?) are joined, the

" description of one embodiment constructed in accordance with the principles of my inveIitiOn. "Referring to inafter described;

ing an interlocking 'pin'-l5 and socket 16 respectively. The pin should fit tightly into the socket, but if desired, a cross pin 16- 6 may be passed through correspondingly aligned 'openingsf16a,16b, in the 'pin and ':socket to firmly join the two sections together. The lower section 13?) has aplura-lity of openings 17 angula-rly disposed with relation to the' lower recess 12, as shown in Fig.4, in order to impart bending strain to the base rod, and the uppersection 13a has a P 18 p d o be received inthe; I opening 12 of the upperbarll, The rod 14 is of springy, resilient materialland has two end pins 19,20,"to'be respectively vreceivedin the opening 12 of the lower bar 11 and in a selected opening-17 The assemblyiof the improved'easel is as" end 18 is inserted in the opening. 12 of the upper bar, the end 20 of the, base rod is V inserted in an opening 17 of the lower sec tion, and then a, slight bending strain is placed on the base rod and the end 19 is inserted in the opening 12 of the lower bar to maintain the bending strain.v The poster. Y

10 is therefore maintained taut by the spring ofthe base rod. To ship or mail the device, the support rod sections and the base rod are rolled up in the poster, to whichthe bars 11 are secured, thus forming a light, v

compact bundle. 1

The improved easel or stand is therefore very inexpensive, is easily set up and taken down, forms a compact, convenient parcelfor shipping or mailing, and has no adjustable parts or 'movable parts to. get out of y the drawings, the flexible f poster or display device 10 has ,a}bar- 11,n-5 preferably offwood,--secured t'oS-"each-end thereof. Each bar 11 has-a central opening 1 1-2 therein to receive one end' of the support rod '13 and thebaserod la therein, as here- 1,.

order or to break. While I havedescribed a specific embodiment of my invention, it is obvious that desired changes in the structure or arrangement of the parts may be I made, within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims I claim: V

1. A flexible poster device comprising edge bars secured to the upper and lower ends of the poster, central recess'esin each bar ta' support rod having one end secured in the recess of the upper bar and having disposedwith respect to the position of said p i an opening in the other end portion,' and a resilient base r'od having one rodsecured in the recess of the lower bar and the other" end in the opening in said support rod, the

openings in said support rod being angularly 7 base rod to place the same under bending a plurality oflongitudinal spaced openings c :inF-the' other end portion, and a resilient tension 7 l 2. A flexible poster device, comprising edge bars secured to the upper and lower or ends of the poster, central recesses in each bar, a support rod having one end secured in the recess of the upper bar and having v base rod having one'end secured in the recess 7 of the lower bar and the other end selectively 30.

positioned in one of the openings, the openings in said support rod being angularly disposed with respect to the position of said base rod to place the same under bending tensionwhen in its selected opening. r

- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

WALTER o. HOLT. 

